Violence flares up between Israelis and Palestinians

Israeli medics at the scene of a stabbing incident that left a soldier lightly injured before the Palestinian assailant was shot dead by police [Reuters]

An Israeli student has been stabbed and critically wounded in Jerusalem and another person stabbed in Tel Aviv as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians continue to rise.

The 25-year-old Yeshiva student was stabbed in his upper body at Ammunition Hill in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, in the fourth such incident to take place in a 24-hour period, according to local media reports.

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The alleged attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was detained by police at the site of the incident.

"Police have him apprehended and he is being questioned," Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Al Jazeera.

In a separate incident a female Israeli soldier was stabbed with a screwdriver in Tel Aviv, and the perpetrator was shot dead according to the Israeli military.

Stabbing attacks

On Wednesday, three similar stabbing attacks were carried out.

In East Jerusalem's Old City, an Israeli man was reportedly stabbed and injured by Shurooq Dweiyat, a 19-year-old Palestinian woman. The man, who was lightly injured shot and critically injured her. Dweiyat says the Israeli man attacked her.